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Vinita Vader

Currently searching for a Internships in Data Analysis

I am currently a PhD student in Personality Psychology at University of Oregon. My theoretical interests lie in understanding the structure of Personality, Values and Culture. I am interested in using machine learning techniques to build psychological mappings of people across demographics. Psychometrics, building culture specific surveys, and applying quantitative methods to psychological data analysis are some of my other interests.

I am well-versed with data wrangling(tidyverse), data visualization (ggplot2, tmap, leaflet) and data modeling (caret, tidymodels) in R. I am proficient in building reproducible documents (papaja, pagedown, RMarkdown) and also creating accessible outputs such as flexDashboard, reactable tables, and Distill websites. I am profient in functional programming (purrr) and have a keen interest in generative aRt.

These are some of my recent projects:

Education

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), University of Mumbai

B.A. in Psychology

Mumbai, India

2014

Thesis: Study of interpersonal attraction in adolescents

Vivekanad College, University of Mumbai

M.A. in Applied Psychology

Mumbai, India

2016

Thesis: Working Memory Capacity in Caregivers of Alcoholics

Prafulta Psychological Service

Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Skills in Counselling,

Mumbai, India

2017

University of Oregon

PhD in Personality Psychology

Eugene, Oregon

2019 - Current

Teaching Experience

Mithibai College of Arts, University of Mumbai

Lecturer

Mumbai, India

2017-2018

  • Graduate courses: Statistics for Psychology, Dissertation Guide
  • Undergraduate courses: Social Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Experimental Psychology (Practicum and theory)

University of Mumbai

Visiting Lecturer

Mumbai, India

2018-2019

  • Graduate courses: Statistics for Psychology, Psychological Testing and Psychometrics Practicals

University of Oregon

Teaching fellow

OR, USA

2019-current

  • Sole instructor
    • Research Methods PSY 303 (Spring 2021)
  • Co instructor
    • Personality Psychology PSY 307 (Summer 2021)
  • Lab instructor
    • Statistical Methods PSY 611 (Fall 2021)
    • Functional programming Lab - this was built for the Graduate Statistics Course I TA’d for in Fall 2021
    • Statistics PSY 302 (Winter 2022)
  • Teaching assistant
    • Personality Psychology PSY (Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020)
    • Cultural Psychology PSY (Fall 2020)
    • Evolutionary Psychology PSY 410 (Spring 2020)
  • Other
    • R Bootcamp assistant (Summer 2021)

Clinial Experience

Thane Mental Hospital

Clinial intern

Thane, India

2015

  • Mental status examinations
  • Assessments - MMPI
  • Diagnosis (DSM-5, ICD 10)

Sevadaan Special School

Clinial intern

Mumbai, India

2015

  • Mental status examinations
  • Assessments - Kamat- Binet Test of Intelligence, VSMS, Seguin-Form Board, Children Apperception Test,
  • Diagnosis (DSM-5, ICD 10)

Masina Hospital’s Drug Rehabilitation Center

Clinial intern

Mumbai, India

2016

  • Mental status examinations
  • Assessments - Rorschach Ink Blot Test, Bender- Gestalt Test, Thematic Apperception Test, BDI
  • Diagnosis (DSM-5, ICD 10)

Publications and Posters

Factors affecting Academic Achievement in students : An empirical study - understanding the interaction between creativity, intelligence and academic achievement

Journal of Education and Planning. 2019; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32264.88328

N/A

2019

Vader, Purohit, and Pandit.

What Lies at the Center of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale? Network Analysis and Latent Structure of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale for Indian Data

Bombay Psychologist. 2019.

N/A

2019

Belhekar, Vader, Korgaonkar, and Dattakavi

Note on Sensory Memory

for Marathi encyclopedia on Psychology (Marathi Vishwakosh)

N/A

2019

Vader

Acculturation and Personality among Indian students using the NEO-PI-3

Poster for 2020 American Psychological Association

USA

2019

Heffern, Vader, Belhekar, Mellott

Personality Structure in Marathi and English for Maharashtrians: A Psycholexical Investigation

Paper presentation at Society for Cross Cultural Research Conference (SCCR) 2020

Seattle, USA

2020

Belhekar and Vader

MUFFI 2 – A culture sensitive measure of personality based on the Indian context

Poster presentation at Society for Cross Cultural Research Conference (SCCR) 2020

Seattle, USA

2020

Vader and Belhekar

The Five-Factor Model and Cultural dimensions in the Indian Context

Poster presentation American Psychological Association (2019)

USA

2019

Heffern, Vader, Belhekar, Mellott

Using Factor analysis and Network analysis to delineate Personality Structure among Indian College Students

Poster presentation American Psychological Association (2018)

USA

2018

Heffern, Vader, Belhekar, Mellott

The Nature of Narcissistic Personality: Role of the FFM, Self-Esteem, Social Desirability and Its Impact on Health

Paper presentation at the International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology

Jaipur, India

2017

Vader and Belhekar

Implicit and Explicit attitude towards Gender

Paper presentation (accepted) at Marathi Manasshastra Parishad (translation- Marathi Human studies Conference)

Pune, India

2017

Vader and Belhekar

Ongoing studies

High Dimensionality structure of English Language Type-nouns

Finding the most robust model for type-noun structure in English language

N/A

N/A

Vader and Saucier

Lexical study of Personality and Values of Hindi Language speakers

Developing a comprehensive dictionary of personality and value relevant words in Hindi and developing a measure for Hindi speakers

N/A

N/A

Vader and Saucier

High Dimensionality structure of Persian Language Adjectives

Finding the most robust model for adjective structure in Persian language

N/A

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  • PI: Saucier
  • Data analysis with R:Vader